Feed-bag.



D. C. MARTIN.

FEED BAG.

APPLICATION IILBD APB..20,1909.

1,026,989. Patented May 21, 1912.

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DANIEL C. MARTIN. OF MAPLEWOOD. MISSOURI.

FEED-BAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1912.

Application filed April 20, 1909. Serial No. 491,109.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL C. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Maplewood, in the county of St. Louis, State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feed-Bags; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in feedbags and has special reference to a feed bag having a grain holdingcompartment and a feeding compartment.

The principal object of the invention is to improve the generalconstruction of feed bags having a ventilated feed compartment forming areceptacle from which the animal eats and a connected grain holdingcompartment.

Another object of the invention is to provide a means of novel characterto regulate the flow of the feed from one compartment to the other.

A third object of the invention is to provide an improved constructionof feed bag wherein the loss of feed will be prevented.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists ingeneral of a rigid feeding compartment, a grain holding compartmenthaving a rigid bottom and flexible upper portions, and an openingbetween the two compartments provided with a novel closer.

The invention further consists in certain novel details of constructionand combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, and specifically set forth in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicate likeparts in the several views, and :*Figure l is a side elevation of a feedbag constructed in accordance with this invention showing the same inposition on a horse. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectiontherethrough. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isdetail perspective view of the supporting frame.-

The numeral 10 indicates the body or manger compartment of the feed bagand this is preferably of inverted frusto-conical form provided with aconcave bottom 11. This body is provided at the front with an openingcovered with a wire screen as indicated at 12. The rear wall of the bodyportion is provided with an opening 13 having an arcuate upper outlineas indicated at 14. Upon the rear wall of the body are mounted guides 15in which moves a closure 16 having its lower edge bent inward as indicatcd at 17 and its upper end bent over as at 18. This back wall isfurther provided with stops 19 to limit the upper move ment of theclosure 16. To the rear of the body 10 is a grain receptacle providedwith sides 20 and a curved rear wall 21. This part of the grainreceptacle is securely attached to the body by any suitable means as bythe rivet 22.

Extending upward from the body 10 is a supporting frame composed of sidemembers 23, a top member- 24 and a center brace 25. Secured to thisframe and to the top edges of the body and grain receptacle is a canvasor other fabric bag 26 provided with loose flaps 27 around the upperedge. These loose flaps are for the purpose of preventing the spillingof the grain and to protect the same as the bag is carried from placetoplace by being folded in on top of the grain.

A head strap 28 serves to support the body portion of the device, goingover the horses head in back of the ears when the device is being usedas can be seen from reference to Fig. 1.

In order to provide for the support of the loose edge of the canvas bag26 there is provided a throat strap 29 which goes around the throat of ahorse as can also be seen from reference to Fig. 1.

In using the device the grain receptacle is filled with a sufficientquantity of grain and the closure 16 raised to permit the grain to befed as slowly or as rapidly as may be desired, the peculiar shape of theupper edge of the opening providing a means whereby this may beregulated to a nicety. The device is then positioned on the horses headand the animal allowed to feed, the grain passing down through theopening by the action of gravity. It is to be observed that the backwall 21 comes down to a position at its lower edge close to the door oropening 13 so that all of the grain in the grain receptacle is fedtherethrough.

There has thus been provided a simple and eflicient device of the kinddescribed and for the purpose specified.

It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form andconstruction of this invention without departing from the materialprinciples thereof. It is not therefore desired to confine the inventionto the exact form herein shown and described, but it is wished toinclude all such as properly come withinthe scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

In a feed bag, a manger including a rear Wall, said wall being providedwith an opening, a closure for the opening slidably mounted on saidwall, a grain receptacle exteriorly arranged and supported by said rearwall, an inverted U-shaped supporting frame secured to and extendingupwardly from sald rear wall, a brace arranged lntermedlate the legs ofthe frame and connected at its ends to the bight of the frame and rearwall respectively, a fabric attached to the legs, bight and brace of theframe and t0 the rear wall, and a fabric attached to the upper edge ofthe grain receptacle and to the legs of the supporting frame.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

